World History Moment: The hanging of Ned Kelly
World History Moment: The hanging of Ned Kelly
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Our World History Moment today takes us to Australia. It’s November 11, 1880—the day they hanged notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. Historian John R Schmidt tells us what happened.
(photo: “Ned Kelly in 1880” by Australian News and Information Bureau, Canberra - National Archives of Austrailia. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons )